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Question:

Is it normal to have problems with other heart valves after MVR?

submitted by Harry from Knoxville, Tennessee on 02/03/15

Answer:

Many patients have complex and progressive valvular heart disease. Surgical repair of one valve does not preclude progression of disease or problems and other valves. This is a frequent occurrence.

by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, George Younis, MD 

See also on this site: 

• Mitral Valve Relapse  
  
• Heart Information Center 

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Updated February 2015